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Nameseekers - Glossary of surname meanings
Category: People and society > Surnames
Date & country: 14/09/2007, UK
Words: 259
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FishMeaning as a surname: Catcher or seller of fish.
FlandersMeaning as a surname: Submerged land. (from the Flemish).
FlemmingMeaning as a surname: Descendant of someone from Flanders.
FlesherMeaning as a surname: A butcher
FletcherMeaning as a surname: A maker of arrows.
FloodMeaning as a surname: Stream/gutter.
FlynnMeaning as a surname: Red haired.
ForemanMeaning as a surname: Pig man or swineherd.
ForsythMeaning as a surname: Man of peace.
FossMeaning as a surname: Ditch or Roman road called the Fosse Way.
FowlerMeaning as a surname: A bird-catcher.
FoxMeaning as a surname: A cunning or clever one
FrainMeaning as a surname: Ash tree.
FrancisMeaning as a surname: From a Latin name meaning Frenchman.
FreemanMeaning as a surname: Someone who is not a serf.
FrithMeaning as a surname: Woodland
FullertonMeaning as a surname: Bird catchers place. A place in Hampshire.
FurnellMeaning as a surname: Furnace, also places in Normandy.
GabrielMeaning as a surname: `God is a strong man` Hebrew.
GailMeaning as a surname: Cheerful.
GallMeaning as a surname: Son of a foreigner.
GallawayMeaning as a surname: Stranger or foreigner.
GambleMeaning as a surname: `Old` mainly a Norfolk surname.
GarnonMeaning as a surname: `Moustache` an oddity amongst the clean shaven Normans.
GascoigneMeaning as a surname: Someone from Gascony, south-west France.
GeorgeMeaning as a surname: Greek for a farmer.
GibbMeaning as a surname: A cat especially a tom cat. Also son of Gilbert
GilbertMeaning as a surname: A Germanic name meaning pledge and bright.
GillowMeaning as a surname: A retreat at the pool, a place in Herefordshire.
GladwinMeaning as a surname: Glad friend.
GodfreyMeaning as a surname: `god peace` Germanic.
GodmanMeaning as a surname: Good man or householder.
GodwinMeaning as a surname: God's friend or protector.
GoodwinMeaning as a surname: God's friend or protector.
GossardMeaning as a surname: Goose herd or a simple task.
GrealeyMeaning as a surname: Pock marks (literally hailstone marked)
GreeningMeaning as a surname: Son of `Grening` an old personal name
GreerMeaning as a surname: A variant of the Scottish name MacGregor
GregoryMeaning as a surname: Watchful.
GrimshawMeaning as a surname: Grimm's wood; a place in Blackburn Lancashire.
GulliverMeaning as a surname: Glutton.
GunnMeaning as a surname: Originally a Norse name meaning `battle`
HackerMeaning as a surname: Wood cutter; a maker of hoes, picks or bills.
HaggardMeaning as a surname: Keeper of falcons.
HallMeaning as a surname: Someone who worked or lived near a manor house.
HallamMeaning as a surname: At the rocks or slopes, a place in west Yorkshire.
HalliwellMeaning as a surname: Someone living near a holy spring.
HampshireMeaning as a surname: The shire county of Southampton.
HarcourtMeaning as a surname: Falconer's, hawker's cottage.
HardcastleMeaning as a surname: Cheerless dwelling, place in West Yorkshire.
HarveyMeaning as a surname: A person who is battle worthy.
HigginsMeaning as a surname: From a Gaelic name meaning fire.
HoltMeaning as a surname: Wood. Name of several places in Britain.
HomerMeaning as a surname: Helmet maker.
HookMeaning as a surname: Crooked backed, hook nose. Various places in Britain.
HooperMeaning as a surname: One who makes hoops for casks and barrels.
HornblowerMeaning as a surname: One who summoned workmen.
HorrellMeaning as a surname: Felon hill, where felons we hanged.
HousdenMeaning as a surname: Son of Hugh
HoweMeaning as a surname: Hill, burial mound.
HughMeaning as a surname: Dweller by the projecting piece of land,
HumphreysMeaning as a surname: An old French name meaning bear cub and peace.
HustonMeaning as a surname: Place with a house.
IdenMeaning as a surname: Woodland pasture.
InceMeaning as a surname: Living on an island.
InghamMeaning as a surname: From Inga's homestead.
InglisMeaning as a surname: Scots form of English.
InkerMeaning as a surname: Inkmaker.
InmanMeaning as a surname: An innkeeper.
IslipMeaning as a surname: Slippery place on the river Ise
IzzardMeaning as a surname: Descendant of Isolde, meaning ice and battle.
JayMeaning as a surname: Nickname for someone like the bird - acquisitive and a great chatterer.
JennerMeaning as a surname: An engineer, originally of military machines.
JessupMeaning as a surname: Descendant Of a man named Joseph.
JoelMeaning as a surname: Son of Johel a popular first name of 14th-14th
JowettMeaning as a surname: Descendant of Julian, from the Roman name Julius.
KeaneMeaning as a surname: A proud, brave man.
KedgeMeaning as a surname: Lively or brisk.
KeechMeaning as a surname: Butcher or lump of animal fat.
KeeworthMeaning as a surname: Enclosure made with ploes.
KennedyMeaning as a surname: Helmeted, or having an ugly head.
KidmanMeaning as a surname: A goatherd, or as frisky as a young goat.
LachianMeaning as a surname: A Viking - from lakeland in Scandinavia.
LargeMeaning as a surname: Nickname for a generous man, as in largesse.
LatimerMeaning as a surname: A clerk who has knowledge of Latin.
LawleyMeaning as a surname: From Lawley meaning `Lafa's clearing` in Shropshire.
LeighMeaning as a surname: From open country or heathland.
LeonardMeaning as a surname: From the Norman, lion brave.
LincolnMeaning as a surname: Lake settlement.
LittleMeaning as a surname: Nickname for a small person.
LovejoyMeaning as a surname: A happy person.
MadocMeaning as a surname: Fortunate.
ManningMeaning as a surname: A tough guy.
MarshallMeaning as a surname: Descended from a farrier.
MerryMeaning as a surname: Someone of a cheerful disposition.
MorrisonMeaning as a surname: Descended from Maurice (Moorish, dark complexioned).
MunsonMeaning as a surname: Occupational name meaning `The monk a man of the cloth`
MurphyMeaning as a surname: Sea warrior.
NapierMeaning as a surname: Someone concerned with table-linen.
NaylorMeaning as a surname: A nail-maker.
